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WINDHOEK, 26 December 2025 - The Katutura State Hospital maternity ward. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

Khomas welcomes 29 Christmas babies

WINDHOEK, 26 DEC (NAMPA) – Twenty-nine babies were born in State hospitals in the Khomas Region on Christmas Day. In an inte...

OTJIWARONGO, 26 December 2025 - A newly born baby girl at the Otjiwarongo State Hospital on Christmas Day. Otjiwarongo recorded two births of Christmas babies this year. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Two Christmas babies born at Otjiwarongo this year

OTJIWARONGO, 26 DEC (NAMPA) – The Otjiwarongo State Hospital this year recorded the births of one baby girl and a boy who we...

Mulisa Simiyasa

KATIMA MULILO, 25 December 2025 - Sister Emely Chidolo speaks to Nampa while 19-year-old first-time mother, Emelia Kachelo takes a recuperation nap on her hospital bed on Thursday afternoon. (Photo by: Michael Mutonga Liswaniso) NAMPA

Five Christmas babies born at Katima Mulilo

KATIMA MULILO, 26 DEC (NAMPA) – Five ‘Christmas babies’ were born at the Katima Mulilo District Hospital on Christmas Da...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

Salome Kambala, acting national spokesperson of the National Organisation of Parents in Education (NAOPE). (Photo: Contributed)

NAOPE calls for responsible parenting and youth discipline during festive season

WINDHOEK, 24 DEC (NAMPA) – The National Organisation of Parents in Education (NAOPE) has urged parents, guardians, children,...

Kaviveterue Virere

MAPOREZA, 19 December 2025 - The Kavango West Regional Directorate of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture officially handing over construction sites to the Namibia Training Authority (NTA) at Maporeza village in the Kavango West Region on Friday. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

NTA awarded school construction projects in Kavango West

MAPOREZA, 20 DEC (NAMPA) – The Kavango West Regional Directorate of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture h...

WINDHOEK, 18 March 2024 - Ministry of Sport, Youth and National Service Executive Director Mbumba Erastus Haitengela pictured in his office. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

NSSCO and NSSCAS results set for 13 January release

WINDHOEK, 18 DEC – The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture has confirmed that the results of ...

Mathilde Kudumo

WINDHOEK, 13 November 2024 - University of Namibia Public Relations Officer, Simon Namesho. (Photo: Contributed)

UNAM explains 2026 registration fees under subsidised funding model

WINDHOEK, 17 DEC (NAMPA) – The University of Namibia (UNAM) has clarified that registration-related levies for eligible Nami...

Mathilde Kudumo

WINDHOEK, 16 December 2025 - The new Board of Trustees of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT) pictured with Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp during the board’s inauguration in Windhoek. (Photo by: Edward Tenete) NAMPA

New NIMT board inaugurated

WINDHOEK, 16 DEC (NAMPA) – The new Board of Trustees of the Namibian Institute of Mining and Technology (NIMT), mandated to ...

NKURENKURU, 06 June 2025 - The incomplete Rupara maternity ward in the Musese constituency of the Kavango West Region. The Ministry of Health and Social Services has committed N.dollars 1.8 million to the completion of the maternity ward. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Rupara health centre in Kavango West without doctor

By Lylie Joel RUPARA, 16 DEC (NAMPA) – The Rupara Health Centre in the Musese Constituency of the Kavango West Region is ope...

Kavango West records 221 new HIV infections as region marks World AIDS Day

MPORA, 13 DEC (NAMPA)- The Kavango West Region recorded 221 new HIV infections over the past year, with seven cases reported f...

23 245 receiving treatment for HIV/Aids at Oshana

OSHAKATI, 12 DEC (NAMPA) – Oshana Regional Health Director Johanna Haimene said the region has recorded significant progress...

OMARURU, 11 December 2025 - Some of the 153 trainees who graduated from the Namibian Correctional Service’s ninth Basic Orientation training course at the Lucius Mahoto Correctional Service Training College on Thursday. (Photo by: Isabel Bento) NAMPA

More than 150 graduate from NCS training

OMARURU, 11 DEC (NAMPA) - A total of 153 trainees graduated from the Namibian Correctional Service’s (NCS) ninth basic orien...

WINDHOEK, 19 January 2020 - NANSO leadership at the information sharing session at NUST. (Photo by: Zebaldt Ngaruka) NAMPA

Nanso raises red flags over reduced non-tuition funding under new subsidised tertiary education model

WINDHOEK, 11 DEC (NAMPA) – The Namibia National Students’ Organisation (Nanso) has welcomed the government’s announcemen...

Mathilde Kudumo

WINDHOEK, 08 December 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp (C) pictured during a media conference of the announcement of subsidised tertiary education funding model. (Photo by: Mathilde Kudumo) NAMPA

Government confirms fully subsidised undergraduate tuition from 2026

WINDHOEK, 08 DEC – Government will fully subsidise undergraduate tuition and registration fees at public and private institu...

Mathilde Kudumo

Namibia's suicide statistics worrisome: Kantema

KATIMA MULILO, 08 DEC (NAMPA) – Minister of Gender Equality, Emma Kantema on Monday called on Namibian men to take a proacti...

Michael Mutonga Liswaniso

RIETFONTEIN, 12 December 2025 - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah (in yellow attire) poses with the 11 best performed recruits of the National Youth Service (NYS) at Rietfontein centre near Kombat in the Otjozondjupa Region on Friday afternoon. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

NDF to absorb 600 NYS graduates

RIETFONTEIN, 13 DEC (NAMPA) - President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Friday announced the commitment of the Namibian Defence Forc...

Mulisa Simiyasa

WINDHOEK, 11 November 2025 - Clinical haematologist, Dr Kudakwashe Simba, pictured with medical officer, Dr Carla van Zyl from NamBTS holding harvested and prepared stem cells just before a transplant in Windhoek. (Photo: Contributed)

Maiden bone marrow transplant opens door to expanded cancer care

WINDHOEK, 02 DEC (NAMPA) – Namibia’s first bone marrow transplant marks a major medical breakthrough, but the service curr...

OTJIWARONGO, 01 December 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao (L) launched the new guidelines for handling HIV/Aids and mother to child transmission documents at the 2025 commemoration of World Aids Day on Monday. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

World Aids Day commemorated at Otjiwarongo

OTJIWARONGO, 01 DEC (NAMPA) – More than 1 500 people gathered at the Mokati Sports Stadium in Otjiwarongo on Monday to comme...

Mulisa Simiyasa

REHOBOTH, 02 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, visited Rehoboth on Sunday to engage with residents regarding healthcare challenges in their community. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

Luvindao provides updates on public health events

WINDHOEK, 29 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao on Friday provided updates on Namib...

ONDANGWA, 21 November 2025- Sinomine Tsumeb Community Trust chairperson Max Johnson (C) handing over the ICT equipment donated the 14 schools offering advanced subsidiary level in the Oshikoto Region. (Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

Sinomine smelter donates equipment to Oshikoto schools

OMUTHIYA, 21 NOV (NAMPA) – As part of its corporate social responsibility, Sinomine Tsumeb Smelter handed over information a...

WINDHOEK, 21 NOVEMBER 2025 – Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao on Friday urged the public to save lives by donating blood ahead of the festive season as she made her first blood donation at the Blood Transfusion Service of Namibia (NamBTS) headquarters.
(Photo by: Ali Negumbo)NAMPA

Luvindao calls on nation to donate blood

WINDHOEK, 21 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao on Friday urged the public to save ...

KATIMA MULILO, 15 December 2015 - A 14-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Tuesday by hanging herself in her mother’s bedroom at Katima Mulilo. Here the body of Masendo Muhweta is removed from her family home. (Photo by: Faith Sankwasa) NAMPA.

HIGHER INSTITUTIONS STEP UP MENTAL HEALTH SUPPORT

By Ali Negumbo and Edward Tenete (NAMPA FEATURES SERVICE) WINDHOEK, 01 DEC (NAMPA) – Mental health has increasingly become ...

WINDHOEK, 12 June 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services Esperance Luvindao at the Government Information Center (GIC) in Windhoek. (Photo: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

Improving maternal healthcare remains a priority: Luvindao

WINDHOEK, 20 NOV (NAMPA) – Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao has stressed that improving materna...

Mathilde Kudumo

WINDHOEK, 03 August 2025 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp. (Photo by: Justina Shuumbwa) NAMPA

School calendar adjusted ahead of 26 November elections

WINDHOEK, 19 NOV (NAMPA) - The Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC) has officially dec...

NKURENKURU, 18 November 2025 - Teachers' houses at Nzinze Combined School, where Winfried Metzger, the private operator of the Musese Green Scheme in the Kavango West Region, has launched a teacher housing initiative to address accommodation challenges. (Photo by: Lylie Joel) NAMPA

Metzger builds teacher housing at two Musese schools

NKURENKURU, 19 NOV (NAMPA) – The private operator of the Musese green scheme in the Kavango West Region, Winfried Metzger, h...

WINDHOEK, 29 January 2024 - Chief Executive Officer of the Cancer Association of Namibia, Rolf Hansen. (Photo: Contributed)

CAN opens palliative care unit in Erongo

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – The Cancer Association of Namibia (CAN) has announced the official opening of its Palliative Care...

REHOBOTH, 02 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, visited Rehoboth on Sunday to engage with residents regarding healthcare challenges in their community. (Photo by: Charmaine Boois) NAMPA

AMR threatens HIV and other key health programmes, Luvindao warns

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – The Minister of Health and Social Services, Dr Esperance Luvindao, has warned that antimicrobial ...

WINDHOEK, 18 NOVEMBER 2025 - Deputy Director in the Ministry of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture (MEIYSAC), Knox Otto Imbuwa. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Need to protect girls’ right to education, now more urgent: Imbuwa

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – The need to protect girls’ right to education and strengthen gender-responsive learning has nev...

WINDHOEK, 18 November 2025 - Attendees of the ‘Africa Educates Her’ campaign launch pose for a photo. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Namibia launches 'Africa Educates Her' campaign for girls’ empowerment

WINDHOEK, 18 NOV (NAMPA) – Namibia on Tuesday launched the 'Africa Educates Her' campaign in collaboration with the African ...

WINDHOEK, 14 November 2025 - Minister of Health and Social Services, Esperance Luvindao. (Photo by: Molly Weyulu) NAMPA

Nandi-Ndaitwah reaffirms universal health commitment

WINDHOEK, 14 NOV (NAMPA) – President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to universal health...

OTJIWARONGO, 14 November 2025 - Otjozondjupa regional leadership spearheading organisations of the 2025 World Aids Day commemorations in Otjiwarongo. From left - Otjozondjupa Regional Health Director, Gebhardo Timoteus, Otjozondjupa Regional Council acting chief regional officer, Wilma Guriras and senior information officer, Elago Shipanga of the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology (MICT) Otjozondjupa Regional Office. (Photo by: Mulisa Simiyasa) NAMPA

Otjiwarongo to host 2025 World AIDS Day

OTJIWARONGO, 14 NOV (NAMPA) – More than 1 500 inhabitants of Otjozondjupa, along with guests from 13 other regions, are expe...

Mulisa Simiyasa

KATJINAKATJI, 13 November 2025- Some grade 8 learners at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School writing final exams standing due to a severe lack of chairs and desks. (Photo: Contributed)

Outrage as Katjinakatji learners write final exams standing

By Sawi Hausiku KATJINAKATJI, 14 NOV (NAMPA) – Some Grade 8 learners at Katjinakatji Senior Secondary School in the Kavango ...

TSUMEB, 13 November 2025- Tsumeb residents during the launch of the Cancer Awareness and Palliative Care Advocacy project on Thursday.

(Photo: Max Henrich) NAMPA

Ngurare launches Cancer Awareness and Palliative Care Advocacy project at Tsumeb

TSUMEB, 14 NOV (NAMPA) - Prime Minister Elijah Ngurare launched the Cancer Awareness and Palliative Care Advocacy project of t...

OUTJO, 13 November 2025- Teachers in the Kunene Region completed a pre-primary and foundational learning course in line with the School Readiness Initiative aimed at improving learner literacy and numeracy skills in the region. (Photo:Dalene Kooper) NAMPA

Kunene teachers gain foundational learning and training skills

OUTJO, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – Teachers in the Kunene Region have completed a training course aimed at strengthening foundational l...

WINDHOEK, 13 November 2025 - Over 100 students from the Institute for Open Learning petitioned the institution, requesting the prompt marking of their August/September 2025 examination scripts. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA.

IOL students petition institution over ‘unfair’ exam script marking

WINDHOEK, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – More than 100 students from the Institute for Open Learning (IOL) submitted a petition to the ins...

Uakutura Kambaekua

OSHAKATI, 03 June 2025 - Qualified unemployed teachers from Oshana held a peaceful demonstration at Oshakati on Tuesday. (Photo: Maria David)NAMPA

Unemployed teachers appeal for continued recruitment

WINDHOEK, 13 NOV (NAMPA) – The national chairperson of the unemployed qualified teachers, Joyce Liswaniso, has expressed mix...